Mobilizing Grassroots Health Workers

Summary

Riders for Health's program in Kenya, staffed entirely by nationals, provides health workers with motorcycles and the training in riding, maintenance, and trip planning necessary to reach expectant mothers with prenatal care. The goal of this project is to raise $10,000 to cover 1 year's running costs for 10 motorcycles. This will enable health workers to reach thousands of people, scattered across dozens of communities, with regular care.

Challenge

The problem is that transportation and infrastructure for the delivery of health care is neglected. Therefore, people across Africa continue to die of preventable and treatable diseases because they cannot be reached with life saving health services. In Kenya, 8.4% of children will die before they reach their 5th birthday and less than half of all pregnant mothers will receive regular prenatal or antenatal care, putting maternal mortality there over twice the global average.

Solution

Our project will strengthen the health delivery system in Kenya, mobilizing health workers so that thousands of people who would not otherwise have access to care can be reached. With a motorcycle, health workers will spend less time traveling and more time in their communities - a considerable savings of time and energy. They will be able to provide prenatal care, address immunization, development of newborns, nutrition for children under five, and water and sanitation issues.

Long-Term Impact

By building local capacity and skills (all of our program staff are locals) Riders for Health is ensuring a sustainable health delivery system over time. Mobilized health workers in Kenya are also educating, supporting, and sharing information and resources that communities desperately need while building trust in the health care system, which promotes positive health seeking behavior. Above all, regular health access means lives saved and a healthy population for the future.

Organization Information

Riders for Health

Funded Project!

Thanks to 30 donors like you, a total of $3,688 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving.
Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.

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